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Referee's report by unnamed referee, on a paper 'On the powers on which the functions of life the more perfect animals depend, and on the manner in which they are associated the production of their more complicated results' by Alexander Philip Wilson Philip

Reference number: RR/1/181

Date: 1836

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Biology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1836].

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RR/1/181
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1836
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Report on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Referee's report by unnamed referee, on a paper 'On the powers on which the functions of life the more perfect animals depend, and on the manner in which they are associated the production of their more complicated results' by Alexander Philip Wilson Philip, 1836, RR/1/181, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_181/referees-report-by-unnamed-referee-on-a-paper-on-the-powers-on-which-the-functions-of-life-the-more-perfect-animals-depend-and-on-the-manner-in-which-they-are-associated-the-production-of-their-more-complicated-results-by-alexander-philip-wilson-philip, accessed on 16 March 2025

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